Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue 12, 123201(2012)
Multi-wavelength pulse generation using flattop optical frequency comb and arrayed waveguide grating
A scheme of multi-wavelength pulse generator using optical frequency comb and arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. A flattop optical frequency comb is shaped into multiple narrowband Gaussian spectra by using an AWG which contains a number of Gaussian channels, and then multi-wavelength optical pulses are achieved. In the experiment, six wavelength pulses with full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 14.6 ps at 10 GHz are obtained, and two wavelength-interleaved pulse trains at 20 GHz and four wavelength-interleaved pulse trains at 40 GHz are demonstrated by using the multi-wavelength optical pulses. This scheme has flexibility because the pulse width, the repetition rate, and time-interval can be readily controlled.
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Yujie Dou, Hongming Zhang, Minyu Yao, "Multi-wavelength pulse generation using flattop optical frequency comb and arrayed waveguide grating," Chin. Opt. Lett. 10, 123201 (2012)
Category: Ultrafast Optics
Received: Apr. 24, 2012
Accepted: Jun. 20, 2012
Published Online: Sep. 14, 2012
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